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At one point last winter, it seemed like Ben Sheets was going to be one of the most sought after free agents of the 2008/2009 offseason. Questions over the health of his elbow lingered, though, and he remained unsigned well into January. He nearly signed a deal with the Rangers then, but a physical showed that he needed elbow surgery and that deal fell through. Now we're halfway through May and Sheets still doesn't have a team, though T.R. Sullivan, the beat writer at Rangers.com, reported yesterday that Sheets was at Rangers' Ballpark in Arlington before last night's game. Apparently, Sheets is going to see James Andrews next week and hopes to get clearance to start throwing again in hopes of returning for the end of the 2009 season.
Sheets still won't commit to a 2009 club and depending on what Andrews tells him next week and how his rehab goes he might not pitch at all. It's still worth noting that he's been rehabbing his injury with the Rangers and working with pitching coach Mike Maddux, who coached him in Milwaukee. That's to say that if he pitches again this year, Texas is certainly the odds-on favorite.
The Rangers sure could use him, too, if they stay in the thick of the AL West race. That's probably too many ifs (IF Sheets is healthy this year and IF the Rangers stay in contention and IF they think Sheets can help them) to say anything definitive right now, but it's certainly worth keeping an eye on.
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